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~~ SPAN. H PAPERS. [FROM TEE MADRID GAZETTES] The Supreme governing Junta of the Kingdom - hts received, the, following dispatch from his Ex cellency Don FRANCISCO PALAFOR Y MELZI : Geueral O`NEILLE Y -- ST—MARCdUE has just. informed me that he took Caparroso yesterday, the 14th, at ten in the morning, the enemy having evacuated that place - with precipitation at seven o'clock, and retreated to Peralta. He has sent me no details, and therefore I know not what force may be tiiere. I am, however, this moment going to set out.to , accelerate all, necessary arrangements, in ()Tier that our successes may be followed up.—God glt.irel your ,Ilighness . many years. • . " FRANCISCO PALAFOX Y MELZI." •' Caluhora, Nov. as, 1808." AtiAstinnz, Nov. 20.-011 the 14th was solem- I nized . or\e of those. aBs the most agreeable 'and satis tattory to .the. English and Spanish nations, for on that day took place the presentation of his Excellency Mr. JOHN HOOKE-1AI%! FREeR, in quality of Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary of his Bri '-tarinic Majesty, .to O , IT beloved ding FERDINAND and, , during his unfortunate - absence, to the Supreme Central Junta. All the Deputies com posing tile Junta assembled in the hall, where they 'hold their sittings, to receive, - -in a corresponding manner, the worthy Representative of the King of- - Great Britain, whose noble,and generous chara6ler . •has'displayed itself with such marvellous generosity in favour of our oppressed and endangered country. Doti Luis DE ONIS, priticipal Officer of, the First Secretaryship' of State and of Dispatches, whose 'province' it is to introduce Ambassadors,' con 'dueled his Excellency •to the Hall with all doe cs•remony; and no sooner was he - Introduced, than, addressing himself to the President, he made a short but elegant and expressive speech in the Casii lian.language, in which he testified the extraordina ry satisfalion which he felt in having had the ho nour to be ser: by the King his master,, as his Re presentative to the • august person' of FERDINAND Vii. .and, in his unfortunate absence, to the Su preme Junta-of Spain add of the Indies ; and that this satisfaaion was greatly increased, when he • considered that he came to witness the heroic. ef forts of the brave Spanish nation, to preserv.e their ancient liberty and independence. Among other fire expressions of pure and unmixed regard, he added, "'that the-King, his master, was desirous to draw as close as possible the' ties' which united him to Sv;in, in the way most advantageous for the two nations ; and that in proof of the high estimation in which. Spain was held, by him, and of. the sincerity of hiy desires to manife‘st it, he would continue to afford whatever assistance might contribute-to bring. to' a successful issue the grand enterprize which Spain had so gloriously commenced." The President replied to the speech of AIr,FRERE with afiee.lionate expressions; of friendship, gratitude, arKl acknowledgment to" the King of Great Britain, fr - ,r the magnificent succours which, with so much generosity,' he had given to Spainpand added, that " Spain, faithful to her friends - , wohldalways be so t) Great Britain,: and would manifest the nobleness of lierlonourable charaEler, , incapable of belying the sentiments of her heart, which his Britannic Majes , tv had entirely gained over to himself, by. those means w hie.' it would be as difficult to forget as to clo'justiee to by words." The Minister then delivered his credentials to the President, and retired:o his hotel, fall of the greatest joy and satisfaction, while/all, the Members of the Supreme Junta were impressed with the sarnefeel- ings. 1 - :i4 Excellency Don PEDRo c.pVALLQS, First Se, `cretary of Slate and of Dispatches, has communicated to the other Secretaries the following Roynt Order In consequence of the predominance which the French Government exercised iu Spaip,'.and of the sh.irlieful facility which the favourite Don MA NUEL GODOI lent himself to all intimations from the Cabinet of Paris, his Majesty CHARLES-IV. adopted the resolution on the oth of June, 1305, to prohibit the entrance of Swedish ships. • t the these 121 p orts o ,f kingdoms, to the great detriment of our commerce, aid without its having been preceded by the slightest_ offence on the part of the/King of Sweden. " The French Government, not satisfied with this compliance on the. part of King CHARLES, and clL:;irous of carrying still farther its system of oppres sion, next eemanded, that,, within the.fixed period of a month, all Swedish subjeets should depart from Spain ; atid it was so ordered by a Royal Decree Of the I Ith of March last., " The Supreme Junta, desirous of re-establishing the relations of friendship and good un.ierstanding which happily subsisted \ with the King of Sweden till tilt general disturber of Europe found means to de stray them, has resolved, that henceforward the ships of Sweden shall be admitted into our ports ; and that the subjeCls - of that Piiiirer may freely carry on com nrrce in these kingdoms,' exclusive of farther mea- sures which the Junta has adopted, for drawing stiii closer its relations wit} . 1 the King of Sweden, who maintains with so much gigry the dii 6 mity of the Thvone, and the rights of his subjeas. I commu .nicate this Royal Order for the information of your Excellency, and for the purpose of.your issuing cor responding orders for its fulfilment in your depart- men t." • " Aranjuez, Nov. 0." Ovi azo, Nov. 21.—The following dispatch has been received from his Excejlency D. 'Vicente Maria Acevedo, dated the loth inst. from the head-guar- ters at &pinosa MOST SERENE SZIONORS, " On the 7tkinst. I cornmurticated to your High• nesses a detail of all the proceedings of the Asturian troops, from the 31st of 06tober, the date of my preceding dispatch 4 . . , " On tote 7th, the General in. Chief sentiOrders from the left, that ate 4th divisiop; posted on the heights of Balmaseda, should proceed to Sopuerta,' and that they should be replaced by four Asturian regiments. For this service I seledted those of Cas tropol, Litarea, Candas, and Grado, as being the least. fatigued. Four regiments not appearing to me to be sufficient, I, at the same time,-added the, PrOvin cials of Oviedo, and dire&ed their Conienandant, D. Francisco Manglano, to take the ctiminand ad interim of the whole of the position. The General in Chief had proceeded two hours before, with se veral divisions, to'disledge the enemy from a position about a league and a half distant from Balmaseda, an objet, in which;notwithstanding the brisk fire which he kept up, did not .succeed, owing to the ap proach of night. " At ten o'clock, the follovving morning I went up to the height occupied by the Asturian regiments, accompanied by Lieutenant-General D. NiCholaS De Llano Ponte, and Field-Marshal D. Cayetano Valdes. Being at the post of Milicias; we recon noitred a body of the enemy, which we computed at from 3000 to 4090 men, and on paSsing along to the post of CastropOl, we discovered another of from 1500 to 2000. I immediately sent information of this ,to the Commander in Chief, and as soon as I observed the enemy- in motion to approach the mountain where we were stationed, Field-Marshal Don Cayetano Valdes went to Bahnaseda to- request a reinforcement froth the General in Chief; who personally ascended the martin* at the instant when the enemy had commenced the attack on the right and the left. " The General in Chief reinforced the post with , the Hiberno-Asturians,. and the . volunteers and sharp-shooters of Galicia, and ordered me to'follow him, leaving any two Geneials I 'chose in the moun i lain, with directions to make an orderly r treat, 'as the position did not appear . to him teriable. As the , two whom I was to appoint to this service' were to . be Generals, and as they .had to command so con siderable a force as that abo've stated, between Ga licians and Asturians, I had no choice to make; and I accordingly appointed Lieutenant-General D. Nicolas De Llano Ponte and Field-Marshal D. Ignatio Vazquez Sonaosa. The regiments of Villa viciosa, Cangas de Tineo, Siero, Salas, and Lena, evacuated Balniaseda by order oft he General in Chief, and also the whole of the rest of the army of the left, with the exception of the fourth division, who had been ordered to fall back upon the coast. • " On my leaving Balmaseda, with Field-Marshals Don Cayetano Valdes and D. Gfegori6 Bernaldo de Quiros, accompanying the General Chief and hid Staff, Pon.te bad already commenced his retreat in the best order, as he had been instruEted. " From the various accounts that have reached me, it is ascertained our loss has been very incon siderable." • • . The following dispatch, - dated the 12th- ha's been received from the saEw Officer:— " A few. moments after w9ting my last dispatch from Espinosa, On the 10th instant, the ad' need gtiard dent word that .the enemy were appe:tring in considerable numbers. Without losing an instant, linounted my horse., and the General-in-Chief being with me, we discovered that the enemy were di= retina their principal attack from a village called, Quintana, 'upon the: right and left of Espinosi— The General-in -Chief ordered' the troops, composing the division of the North, to occupy a wood on the right of the bead•quarters, and the Asturians, with the first division of Galicia, a height situated to the left. The enemy immediately' attacked the division. of the North, about two o'clock, and after a long and conflict, the latter found themselves compelled to quit the wood. Perceiving that the right of the army was on "th - e point of being defeated, I resolved to attacl: the enemy's right with my left. In consequence of the timely movement thus made by our left, with great gallantry, the situaiioti of the troops of the North was improved, and they reco vered part of the ground they had' lost. The want of * The dispatches alluded t.) by the Genethl have n9t come to hand. diy 7 liglit Rut an end to the engagement, which re- twined undecided. 4- • " During thenight of the toth we prepared -for the attack that we expeaed the following. morning, in which service the Field-Marshals, .Don Cayetano Valdes, Don Gregorio Barnaldo'.De Quiros, and 'Don Josef Peci greatly exerted themselves..,. At day-break we discovered the enemy formed in order of battle, and ready to dire6t their principal attack against our left; but remarking. that the enemy continued stationary, I moved towards them with the whole of my line; consisting of the regiments of Salas and Lene, part of that of Villaviciosa, And the whole of the first division of Galicia. The in stant we began to march against the enemy, they put in motion the whole of their front Erie to at . . 'tack us, and I therefore commanded my troops to halt in order to receive them. " A very brisk fire was immediately commenced on both sides, at the distance of very little more than pistol Shot. Very soon after, Field-Marshal Don Cayetano Valdes was wounded by my side, and, though not dangerously, I ordered him to re in a very shore time Field-Marshal Don Gre-. gorio Quiros was killed, and .Colonel Don Josef Pcci_ received a violent contusion. I was occupied in encouraging the Asturian troops, and regarding with mach satisfaaion the firmness with which they Maintained tlieir 'pesition, without yielding an inch of ground to the enemy, when I observed that my presence was more necessary at another point ; but before I.could'reach it, I found myself wounded in the face, covered with blood, and deprived of sight. I therefore instantlysent to the General in Chief to request that he would -appoint another to take the comtnand,..ti.vo Generals being wounded, and a third killed, in less than a quarter of an hour but before the arrival of the person appointed by, the Com mander in . Chief, and whilst I was waiting for some one ter stop the bleeding, I was informed that the enemy had already gained the summit of the moun tain, and that all the troops • were falling back in some disorder; and the greater part towards Sant ander. tire. " I am still unable to send yourEighness a parti cular return of the killed and wounded, the several corps not having yet sent in their lists, nor can they be easily colleaed for some days to come. Ail that I am positively informed of is, that in the attack of the ioth, the Lieut.-Colonel of VillaViciosa, D. Pedro Rivera, was killed, the Lieutenant of Milicias, D. N. Peon, wounded, and that Brigadier D. Fran cisco Manglano received a contusion. " The regiments of Milicias and Villaviciosa par ticularly . distinguished themselves. That of Lena was led on to the attack. with .much firmness and spirit by their Colonel, Don Juan Dringol. Those Of Cangas and Siero were posted, by me, on any ther height on our left, with the intention that they should.aa., offensively or defensively, according to circumstances, on the morning Of the 11th, against the right flank of the enemy, and endeavour to attack their rear; but this plan they have probably been unable to execute. - " Itrappears that the General in Chief has trans ferred his head-quarters to Aguilar de Campo, whi: ther I shall also proceed in the course of a few hours with Field-Marshal Don Cayetano Valdes, and all the rest of the wounded in this place, among whom is Count de S. Roman, who is very severely wounded. _ • " Should I in the mean time recover my sight, I shalt endeavour to collea the troops at that point; but if I continue disabled, I shall resign the com mand to Lieutenant-General Don Nicholas ; de Llano Porite, if your Highness shall not, in the mean time, make at other arrangement." • [BY AUTHORITY.] CORUNNA, Nov. 29.—His Excellency Seignor Don Joaquin Blake; in a letter . dated on the 24th insta n t, at the monastery of Estonia, informs the Most Serene Government, that, pursuant to his 111 - • L jesty's orders, he has resigned the command of the army tp his 4xcellency the Marquis de la Romana. He expresses his gratitude for the confidence that was re; , osed in him, and at the same time, his r'e gret at not being able, after so many .encounters, to atinOunce a viaory over an enemy' of superior force, to which they owe the dear-bought advantages they have obtained. He exhorts us to. proceed in the. most etieCtual manner in the recruiting service, with out admitting any. exemptions; and'also to provide attentively for the subsistence and cloathing of the army, and to furnish it with a proper number of waggons, and good cattle to draw them; but that all the conduetors should go on foot. He then encou rages-all.the Gentlemen to take up arms in so just a cause, propdsing for their imitation the example of the 'Literary Battalion, whom ,he panegyrizes for their gallantry and steadiness. He , conclucieswith more particularly enforcing khcse interesting points, and recommending, the most energetic exertions in providing every thing necessary for the army; offering, 4t the same time, to sacrifice birnself for the cause -of the kingdom, to which • he professes his gratitude. CORUNNA, Nov. 27.-:--Official information has been received, that we have already in Leon 20,00 0 of our troops, with their General, the Marquis de la Romana, and almost all the •artillery. The Most Serene.Government...communicated this intelligence - - yesterday at noon, in consequence of a dispatch re ceived by a courier extraordinary. • SALAMANCA,- Nov. 19.—0 n the 14th instant the English troops, under the Command of Generol Sit John Moore, began to enter this City. • We car'" not speak too .highly in praise of the good order and Istria discipline which they, observe colletaively and individually, and of, their- affability and mildness of deportment. • • . MURCIA, Npv. 8---40 n the 28th ult. arrived. at Valencia the .Cabitiet Messenger Roseti, with dis patches 'from the Supreme Junta. He brought all order from them to fit out a vessel to convey him to Trieste, whence he will proceed to Vienna , and thence to St. Petersburgh. He sailed on the fol" lowing day. ARAN,TURZ, Nov. 20.—8 y dispatches 'of the 1 01 - 4 and 12th-instant, received by post, the Capts iti ' General of Catalonia, D. Juan Miguel de Vives, forins us, that having resolved to attack the enerni'. in order to make the blockade of Barcelona mot e complete, by, dislodging them from the positicrn 9 they occupied in the environs, he foraied his troops, on the Bth inst. into five Columns ; the first under the command of Field-Marshal D. Gregorio La guna ; the second under D. Gaspar Gomez De La Serna, Colonel of the Granada regiment.of InfantrY ; the third under D. Carlos Montero, • Lieutenant" Colonel of the regiment of Soria ; the fourth under Bruno Barrera, Colonel of the 2d Savoy ; this and . • the third column being under the superior orders ° I. Field-Marshal Count DeCaljegues ; and thefifthnt l ‘ der D. Carlos De Vitte, second in command 40 -11 Luis Wimpffen, Colonel of the Swiss regimen t of, the same name. .The Captain-General, with the M l ' jor-General, Quarter-MaSter-Gencral, the Com e minder of the Artillery and his Aides-de-Camp,e: ed himself at 'St. Boi, to observe the progress Of t " attack, and give orders accordingly: The attack lug commenced, the third and fourth columaS 615 d 7 ' lodged the enemy frOm the cottages of Ro ,, as Pubilla de Gasas, pursued them beyond the vii l4 ' d of Sans, and advanced to within t5OO yards of 111 e fortress of Barcelona, which fired upon our troops' The second column proceeded, almost w it hoe t meeting any resistance, as far as the Vice-Que en country seat:the enemy retreating before them flo' der the walls of the fortress. The first column d i " • lodged the enemyfrorn the villages of S. Adrio,rb ea Andres', and Hotta, taking a position betwe two - latter; and the fifth drove them out of Co tl ' , ' and .Hospitalet. The attack was suspended 0 - I„tse quence of a heavy tall of rain,' and the first c 01111133 1., re. retreated Vora Hospitalet, the third OldHospitalet, foal": lc turned to their former positions, the 'second OP . il' post at S, U v ngat, and the first remained in too i • lages of Horta and S. Andres. Our loss consiste d one Officer, one corporal, five soldiers, and horses killed; one Officer, one serjeant, two cot porals, two dtummers, 36 soldiers, and four h or s e wounded, and 12 soldiers and, three hOrses 03.661 an iS or taken. Frordthe accounts of the prisoneo , deserters, the enemy's loss was gmateN beyond comparison. • in " Field-Marshal Don Gregorid funa, ---1 0 0° ' , tilts consequence of this . enterprise, remained No t " 1 'column under his orders on the heights of:S r " dres, was attacked at two o'clock in the s it rri°l' e . 300 of the toth, by the enemy, consisting of fr° sl yusbea to 4000 infantry, and 300 horse. Our trools upon the uperriy with heroic ardour, and the PN vitr cial:.grenadiers and the miquelets, under the cons' • mand of DOn Francisco Milans, having: ea the contest for an hour, to !noted the r etreat of 610 division and the artillery, the whole fell back WW l ' rrho out disorder in the direaion of St. Cugat. -.- Cajon, though short; said,to have been very ° I) ; stinate, and the enemy are said to have to 111 whole of the 7th regiment of the •line. Our 1 0 consisted of six killed, 26 wounded, and 75 missing. , The Captain-General praises the gallantry and CO. .duct of,the troops on both occasions, and particulariif that of the-column of the provincial gr'enadiers New Castile. He also rec 0 oruMends the indivi of all ranks who principally distinguished the° selves. • 0 The King, our Master, Ferdinand VII. a n d ' 'f 0 his name, the Central Supreme Governing Jol t- . rt the Kingdom, have granted to each of th e soldleo• recommended by the Captain-General a scut che of merit, arid another of distiation ; and h ave to tiered a present for two th hot e ;probation adequate rewards to the Offi cers that principally - distinguished them Selves.", p 11 4 i° ST. FEL:III, Nov. 9.—On the 3d arrived 4 ;this port, from the Island of Malta, in '1 8 daY s ' be re ;Master states, that all the vessels and tropP s t